Glossary
AA and QMG |
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
Abar, Abyar |
Wells (plural of Bir) |
ADS |
Advanced Dressing Station |
AFV |
Armoured Fighting Vehicle |
Alam |
Cairn; rock |
ASC |
Army Service Corps |
A-tk |
Anti-tank |
Bab |
Pass; gate |
Bde |
Brigade |
Bir |
Well; cistern |
BM |
Brigade Major |
BTE |
British Troops in Egypt |
Bullet |
Pool |
Burg |
Fort; tower; hill resembling tower |
Buweib |
Pass (dim. of Bab) |
CGS |
Chief of the General Staff |
CIGS |
Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
Comd |
Commander; commanding |
CRA |
Commander Royal Artillery |
CRE |
Commander Royal Engineers |
Deir |
Depression |
Duweir |
Group of hills |
FDL |
Forward Defended Locality |
Gabr |
Tomb |
Gebel |
Hill; mountain |
GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
HQ |
Headquarters |
Inf |
Infantry |
IO |
Intelligence Officer |
Kafr |
Village |
Maaten |
Shallow wells |
MDS |
Main Dressing Station |
Mersa |
Port; anchorage |
Minqar, Munqar |
Cliff; bluff |
MT |
Mechanical Transport |
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Naqb |
Pass; cutting |
p.w. |
Prisoner of war |
Qabr, pl. Qubur |
Grave |
Qaret |
Low hill |
RA |
Royal Artillery |
RAP |
Regimental Aid Post |
Raqabet |
Dry watercourse |
Ras |
Headland; cape |
RHA |
Royal Horse Artillery |
RMO |
Regimental Medical Officer |
RMT |
Reserve Mechanical Transport |
RTR |
Royal Tank Regiment |
Sanyet |
Deep well |
SDR |
Special Despatch Rider |
Sidi |
Saint |
Tell |
Mound (usually artificial) |
Wadi |
Watercourse (dry) |
Wishka |
Palm |